Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Black & White Urban Photograph of a Man with a Bike Against Houston, TX Skyline
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white silver gelatin photograph by Houston, TX artist Jim Reitz. The work features a man pushing a bike in a parking lot with the Houston city skyl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Mammoth"- Massive African Elephant with Mount Kilimanjaro Backdrop
Located in Brooklyn, NY
I visualized this shot so many times in my head before coming here, over and over again. A big tusker walking towards me with Kilimanjaro in the back. Piece of cake, right? Well, it ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Photographic Paper
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Toni Braxton, Contemporary Gelatin Silver Print by David Ogburn
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Ogburn, American (1942 - ) - Toni Braxton, Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Image Size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches, Size: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pulled, Male Nude with Shrouded Face, Black and White Photograph, Matted, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
This male nude shrouded with a veil over his face captures the human form in an exquisite expression of emotion and movement. The photo is double matted in a creamy white mat and framed in a simple wooden frame measuring 16.5 x 16.5 inches.
Doug Birkenheuer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Twirl No. 255" - ballet, black and white, figurative, ballerina, motion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph has a total limited edition of 30 and can be printed in a variety of sizes.
This listing is for a framed print
16 by 20 inches - unframed print
24.5 by 27.5 inches ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Subway Surfer" Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Subway Surfer" Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brendan North
ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT:
Brendan North is a fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. Having built a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
"Hollywood Freeway, January 2007", Los Angeles, 2007
Located in Hudson, NY
Thomas Alleman’s urban landscapes convey the pulsating energy and sensual excitement of city life. With an eye for the visual rhythms and geometry of buildings, highways and parks, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Two Wrestlers), black and white 1960s male physique photography, queer
By Bob Mizer
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by Bob Mizer is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
1964
Dated and numbered, verso
Vintage silver print
4.5 x 3.5 inches (11.4 x 8.9 cm), image
5 x...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
THE POSIES in Studio, 2001
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment print - Hahnemühle photo rag
Size: 33 x48 cm, Edition of 5 +2AP,
MAKiNG iT: the Seattle indie scene, 1992-2008
MAKiNG iT is a celluloid recording of the music sce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"In the Garden 3" Black & White Photography 39 x 39 in Ed 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"In the Garden 3" Black & White Photography 39 x 39 in Ed 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Leonardo Di Caprio, LA, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of actor Leonardo di Caprio in young age.
From personality portraits and advertising ca...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Quiet Wave- contemporary black & white landscape photography with ocean
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Quiet Wave" is a black and white fine art photograph of Michael Götze. It is an Edition 5, Archival Pigment Print on Hanemühle paper. 100 x 200 cm, sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Giclée
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
3 Trees -Signed limited edition nature print, Black white photo, Tree in mist
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
3 Trees - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, France, 1996 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1996. The negative was scanned creating a digital file w...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
"Return to Earth" Black & White Photography 24 x 32 in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Return to Earth" Black & White Photography 24 x 32 in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Medium: Archival Giclee Print
Available sizes:
Edition of 15 18 x 24 inch
Edition of 7 24 x 32 inch
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brotherhood
Located in New York City, NY
47x71 inches
120x180cm
Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based in Stockholm, S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Woman in Sheer Dress, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
At what appears to be a costume party, this beautiful woman, draped in a sheer tunic, must have been the center of attention. Dressed as Aphrodite, she clearly commands those around her. With his camera as his constant companion, Shay was able to capture moments of everyday life and make them extraordinary. This artwork is currently unframed. Contact gallery for framing options.
Art Shay
Woman in Sheer Dress
silver gelatin print
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
7ED.1.20.12005
ASY12005
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.”
Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.”
William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
“Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.”
Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?”
Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.”
Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.”
Arthur Siegel, photographer; IIT Institute of Design President
“I have one of Art Shay’s pictures over my desk. It reminds me every morning of my Chicago roots. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think it takes a realist to see the humor in things. I know it takes a realist to see the depths of tragedy. Art’s work is so real it feels like a Madison Street guy tapping me on the forearm.”
David Mamet
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Women" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Women" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Plastic Beach
Located in New York, NY
The photographs of the young Turkish artist Melissa Mizrakli focus on the human body, giving it a personal interpretation. In some of her black and white works she uses the human bod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Woman by the Pool - Beverly Hills Hotel, California U.S.A – Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America)
Woman by the Pool, Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., 1975
Silver Gelatin Print, later print
Image 76,2 x 114,3 cm (30 x 45 in....
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Luang
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spectacular
By Ejaz Khan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SPECTACULAR
Snowy owls are excellent hunters, relying on patience and the element of surprise to capture prey. They can wait on perches for hours waiting for prey before ambushing th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
$2,880 Sale Price
31% Off
Birkin Spill
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, C Print
Curves Ahead
Located in New York, NY
AP 1/2, includes white frame.
With his passion for formal technique and composition, internationally renowned photographer Nathan Coe’s works exude a deep reverence for the classics...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$16,300
"Reverie" Black & White Photography 20" x 16" inch Edition 1/15 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Reverie" Black & White Photography 20" x 16" inch Edition 1/15 by Brendan North
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 20" x 16" inch
Edition of 7: 30" x 24" inch
Edition of 3: 50" x 40"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Led Zeppelin "Plane"
By Bob Gruen
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Led Zeppelin standing in front of their tour plane "Starship" in 1973. Photograph taken at JFK airport before heading to Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed by photographer.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Rain on Rodeo" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 7/10 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Rain on Rodeo" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 7/10 by Brendan North
not framed
ships rolled in a tube
Other sizes available
ABOUT:
Brendan North is a fine art photographer b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Elaine's Kitchen - Andy Warhol and Elaine, New York, 1976
Located in New York, NY
Elaine's Kitchen - Andy Warhol and Elaine, New York, 1976
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
14" x 14.5" Platinum & Palladium Print
Edition Nº 1 of 3
Certificate of Origin
Signed and Titled by the Photographer in Edition and Emboss-stamped in the Margin/Recto
Printing & Edition Notes along with Copyright Stamp and Applicable Providence on Verso
Printed by hand at the photographer's studio in the traditional Platinum & Palladium process on 100% cotton rag paper. Platinum & Palladium prints are known for their unrivaled longevity and unparalleled subtlety.
Print cost includes wrapping/packing/crating for shipment in double-tubing.
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Jonathan Becker
(Steven Kasher Gallery bio by Mark Rozzo)
Literate flair, acute visual intuition, love of mischief and spontaneity, and global wanderlust: These are among the hallmarks of the work of Jonathan Becker, whose photography spans four decades and includes iconic portraits (often for Vanity Fair) of a multiplicity of subjects, including Robert Mapplethorpe, Martha Graham, Madonna, Elia Kazan, Prince Charles, Eudora Welty, André Leon Talley, Ai Weiwei, Diana Vreeland and Jack Kevorkian.
Becker - whose work was first published in Andy Warhol’s Interview in 1973 - was born in 1954 and raised in New York City. In the mid-1970s, he moved for a year to Paris, where he was mentored by his hero, Brassaï. Upon return to New York, Becker drove a cab, toting his camera and parking to complete magazine assignments. A 1981 exhibition of Becker’s work at New York’s Rentschler Gallery included a series of arresting images of patrons taken inside the kitchen at Elaine’s, the storied hangout on New York’s Upper East Side. This exhibition, curated by art director Bea Feitler brought Becker to the attention of Frank Zachary, editor-in-chief of Town & Country. Zachary invited Becker to work for the magazine, where the young photographer further developed his passion for journalistic portraiture alongside Slim Aarons, who, after Brassaï, became Becker’s guiding light.
Becker was then enlisted by Bea Feitler to contribute portraits to the prototype of Vanity Fair’s 1983 re-launch. His participation led to a highly prolific association with the magazine as Contributing Photographer, continuing to this day. Becker has also contributed portraits and reportage to The New Yorker, Vogue, W, The Paris Review, amongst truly most major publications. In complement to his editorial work, Becker has accepted a limited number of private and family portrait commissions each year, some accompanied by privately published books, and in the course of his three-years-long project for the Rockefeller Foundation, Becker documented its vast array of philanthropic grant recipients on four continents abroad.
Six trade books comprised entirely of Becker’s photographs have been published including Bright Young Things...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
La Dama De La Plaza by James Sparshatt. Portrait of Cuban woman smoking a cigar
Located in Coltishall, GB
A lady of pure joy… dancing in the Plaza de la Revolucion on May 1st.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Bowie, 'The Finger' – Albert Watson, Black & White, Pop, Music, David Bowie
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Bowie, 'The Finger', 1996
Archival pigment print
Sheet 76 x 61 cm (29 7/8 x 24 in.)
Edition of 25, plus 2 AP; AP2/2 (last available edition)
Albert Watson print...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boy and Men on Horses - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Boy and Men on Horses is a stunning Black and White photographic print on Hahnemuhle Paper, in this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
States of America is the photographic lega...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Bird Print - Still Life Black and White Film Photographic Print Framed
By Pia Clodi
Located in Zürich, CH
Bird Print - Still Life Black and White Photographic Print Framed
Pia Clodi’s works have a beautiful way of breathing life into the everyday. Taking moments from throughout her life...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Polaroid
$1,805 Sale Price
20% Off
"Twirl No. 147" - ballet, black and white, figurative, ballerina, motion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph has a total limited edition of 30 and can be printed in a variety of sizes.
This listing is for an unframed print. Please inquire for additional sizes and prices.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"In the Garden 3" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"In the Garden 3" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
22x22 in. Nude Contemporary Abstract Art photography - Nudes n. 3, Woman, Body
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract contemporary art photography (13 in series). We present this series of the human form - that which has inspired artists from time im...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Equilibrium 1" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Ed 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Equilibrium 1" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Ed 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tub...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Lerici 256 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition 2 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Mick Jagger
By Baron Wolman
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones by iconic photographer, Baron Wolman, Taken on the set of "Performance" in London, September 1968.
One copy available
11x14” hand printed silver ge...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
West Coast
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 20
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through February 25, 2017. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be after February 25th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current exhibition of the photograph.
ABOUT
In this exhibition, Mindaugas Gabrenas invites us to reflect on the poetics of place through his lyrical and surrealist imagery. His hand-printed silver gelatin prints reveal abandoned regions, wild coasts and strange territories from Lithuania to Scotland to America. As a scientific innovator, he uses unique techniques and unconventional materials in order to create his whimsical, dream photos.
In “Spinning The Wheel”, stars trace the sky in a curved motion and meet the water below creating a sense of the infinite. As Gabrenas explores and captures landscapes through very long exposures, he actually meditates and reflects on the world around him encouraging his viewers to imagine themselves within the landscapes and dream with him.
In another image “Dream About an Empty House”, that was taken in Lithuania, we see a young girl from behind in a red polka dotted dress as she faces an abandoned home. Using his handmade camera he constructed by merging two cameras—a Kiev 88 and a Kodak Duaflex II. The viewfinder of the Duaflex serves as an additional filter on the lens of the Kiev 88, which is fixed to its body with several macro rings. Before shooting the film, he wraps it in black rye bread and waits several days for the mold to grow onto the film. The combination of these two techniques creates a sense of motion around the central figure.
“Alternatives”, our invitational image, pulls us into Gabrenas’ world. The focused close-up and abstracted view of train tracks distorts a familiar shape into a strange and unusual form. The tracks lead you in the distance, a blurry city of New York. The ironic lack of human life in New York City conveys a mystifying sense of place.
In “Something With a Head”, we’re taken to the Lithuanian seaside where silhouetted figures stand on sand dunes watching the central figure jumping off into the distance. This image is part of his “Dreamscapes”; a series of “dream projections” where the artist uses a light-leaking camera called Kiev 88 and expired Svema 64 film to give the photography a dusty and blurry quality.
Born in Lithuania, he has been influenced by a myriad of artists’ techniques including the graceful elegance of Masao Yamamoto and the intricate compositions of Michael Kenna. However, Henri Cartier Bresson has perhaps had the greatest influence on Gabrenas’ photographic process and the patience it entails.
Gabrenas has won numerous awards for his photography, including Black & White Magazine Portfolio Contest Winner, Audience Award Winner in SoHo Photo Gallery, Photo Democracy Award Winner, Foto filmic'13 Portfolio Award Winner, Tera Bella Media'13 2nd Place Winner. He has also been published in various publications including 'Black & White Magazine', ‘L’Oeil de la Photographie', ‘Adore Noir Magazine’, ’PH Magazine’, 'Foto blur', ‘Dodho Magazine’, ’Dahse', 'Shots', ‘DOC!’, ‘Monovisions’, and ‘Klassik Magazine’. This is his first solo exhibition at the Robin Rice Gallery.
Black and White, Water, Landscape, West...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
"In the Garden" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Ed 3/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"In the Garden" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Ed 3/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tub...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Nevermore
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Reflection of a Giant, animal, wildlife, b/w photography, elephant
Located in München, BY
Edition 12
Signed and numbered on front and on a Certificate of Authenticity
Available in different sizes and editions.
A big elephant bull in Ngorongoro crater is drinking. A mirro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Flame" Ballet Photography 32" x 32" in Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Flame" Ballet Photography 32" x 32" in Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Flame
Photography
Edition of 25
32 x 32 inch
Year photo was taken: 2018
This picture is a part of Sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II is a vintage black and white photograph realized by Maurice Sayers.
With the stamp of "copyright" on the rear "Ansa".
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Love Over Fear" Photography 36 x 27 inch Edition 1/7 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Love Over Fear" Photography 36 x 27 inch Edition 1/7 by Brendan North
From “Painted Poetry” series:
“Painted Poetry” is a collection of 40 photographs created over 4 years and was ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
"Censored" Black & White Photography 18" x 24" inch Ed. of 15 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Censored" Black & White Photography 18" x 24" inch Ed. of 15 by Brendan North
Other sizes available.
From “Painted Poetry” series:
“Painted Poetry” is a collection of 40 photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, Texas by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986
Located in Denton, TX
Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall Jr. features a group of children posing in front of a house. One of the boys flexes his arms while wearing boxing gloves, posing like a champion. A small trophy sits in the window in the background.
Street Champion by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., is an 8 x 10 inch vintage gelatin silver print. This print is signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leaving (Strange Love)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving (Strange Love) - 2005
20x30cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a 35mm film.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
Rodeo Cowboy by Anouk Krantz 2018
By Anouk Krantz
Located in Chicago, IL
Rodeo Cowboy (B&W)
2018
ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT
Unframed Sizes:
45 x 30 in (114.3 x 76.2 cm) - Edition of 8 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs)
60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm) - Edition of 10 + 2 A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Sea Gull SF by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, animal, Golden Gate
Located in München, BY
Sea Gull in San Fransisco
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
A Sea gull is flaying in front of the Golden gate Bridge. In the background you can see the Skyline of San ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tiny Surfers in the Celtic Sea, Polzeath, England, UK, 2010
By Robin Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 2 of 10
After 30 years on West 11th Street, The Robin Rice Gallery celebrates its first ever exhibition for Robin Rice. For decades, Robin has exhibited a wide variety of photographers at the gallery but never her own work. As the show’s title denotes, “It’s About Time.” The opening reception will be held on Wednesday, January 23rd from 6pm to 8pm. The exhibit runs through March 17, 2019.
While her photography spans five decades and multiple continents, Rice maintains a cohesive, candid voice that carries throughout all of her work. Observing the world around her in a cinematic way, she possesses an uncanny ability to recognize and capture moments of beauty and the spontaneity of the human spirit. By evoking a wonderstruck sensibility, Rice expresses a deep-rooted love for both people and landscapes using her distinct bohemian style.
In this salon-style retrospective, Rice uses an “old school” approach and shoots with her Nikon on Tri-X film. When creating her art, she insists, “the camera has a mind of its own.” The scenes captured in her photography are unedited and thus born purely from the magic of the in-camera composition.
In the invitational image, “Tree Farm, Long Lane, East Hampton, NY”, 1999, a naked woman wearing nothing but a large straw hat is captured from behind, centered between a long line of trees on either side, as she bikes down the lane. In another image, “Bubbles, Piazza Rondanini, Roma”, 1995, friends linger before a vine-covered building, extending their arms up in joyful wonder, catching bubbles descending from above.
Receiving her first camera at the age of 11, she has since been an avid fine art photographer. After moving from Philadelphia to New York in 1976, Rice was immediately swept up in the electrifying, fast-paced art world of the city. In 1977, Discoworld Magazine hired her to photograph the opening night of Studio 54. After enjoying 23 years of success as a commercial photographer, she shifted her career to become a gallerist, opening The Robin Rice Gallery in 1990.
Curating 175 shows, Robin developed her own “school” of artists, cultivating a keen eye for curating and in doing so enriching the aesthetic of her own fine art photography. Despite devoting much of her energy to the gallery, Rice has never stopped creating her own art, and has exhibited in several galleries nationally and abroad. Influenced by photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, who curated the art of others and exhibited his own work, Rice is ready to showcase her photography on her own turf. In her spare time, Robin has recently taken up DJing: you can often find DJ Redshoes spinning vinyl at her loft in Beacon.
Surfers, Surfing, Men, Women...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Savor" Ballet Photography 47 x 47 inch Edition 2/18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Savor" Ballet Photography 47 x 47 inch Edition 2/18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography
Year photo was taken: 2022
Unframed - ships in a tube
This picture is a part of Spirit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
From the series 'PalNting'
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan)
From the series 'PalNting', 2010
Acrylic on B/W photography
35,6 x 43,2 cm (14 x 17 in.)
Unique
Print only
Nobuyoshi Araki is a contemporary Japanese ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Black and White
Street Champion, 4th Ward - Black & White Photograph, Black Artist, Documentary
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in.
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African Americ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant black and white promotional portrait features Audrey Hepburn in her role for "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
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"Elan" Ballet Photography 36 x 36 inch Edition 4/28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Elan" Ballet Photography 36 x 36 inch Edition 4/28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography
Year photo was taken: 2019
Unframed - ships in a tube
This picture is a part of Spirit s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Monica Bellucci, N°2, South of France
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
Portrait of the young Monica Bellucci.
Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Musing (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Musing (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
24x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, artist Invento...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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